Public Enemies Movie Rating – 8 out of 10 – Great Movie

One of the rare nights I’ve been able to get out to see a movie recently was last Friday w/ my wife.  With only a few hours to entertain ourselves (we had a babysitter), we had the option to see Public Enemies or Bruno.  Having not really gotten into Borat, I really wasn’t looking forward to seeing Bruno and convinced my wife to see Public Enemies, starring Johnny Depp and Christian Bale.

Public Enemies Movie Trailer

The movie is basically a re-telling of John Dillinger‘s rise to fame as a bank robber in the Midwestern area of the United States during the 1930′s.  Depp, who plays Dillinger, did a wonderful job portraying the infamous character – even to the point where you were almost rooting for him to succeed against the police/FBI.  As with most of Depp’s work, he has a certain likeability factor that gets you involved in his characters, regardless of their motives or bad nature.

Overall, I would give Public Enemies an 8/10 rating, Depp an 8/10 rating, and Bale a 9/10.  The movie didn’t move too slowly, but it was somewhat predictable so I can’t give it a 9 or 10.  The scripts could’ve also used some fine tuning, but overall was good as well.